Carpet-stretcher



(No Model.)

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I Patented Nov. 16, 1897.

A F D x m M m j NIIED STATES ATENT NICE.

PHILIP ARTHER LAWYER, OF JANESVILLE, ILLINOIS.

CARPET-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,898, dated November 16, 1897.

Application filed May 2'7, 1897- Serial No. 638,430. No model.)

To wZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP ARTHER LAW- YER, a citizen of the United States, residing at J anesville, in the county of Ooles and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Stretchers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention, as will. be hereinafter fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, relates to certain new and useful improvements v incarpet stretching appliances, the object being to produce a simple and reliably efficient device of the character specified which will enable the operator to thoroughlystretch the carpet in its position ready for being permanently secured without the necessity of being assisted by an attendant, the entire operation of stretching and permanently securing being made .easily' possible for one person to accomplish.

A further object is to produce a'device of the character specified which may be very cheaply constructed and market at a nominal price.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention as applied to use. on a slightly-enlarged scale, Fig. 3 is a vertical section of parts'of the device. Fig. 4 is a front View of the anchoring attachment.- Fig. 5 is a detail of one of the carpet-engaging teeth.

Reference to the various details of my invention will be made by figures, the same figure being employed to designate the same part throughout the views.

In carrying out my invention I provide the cross-head 1, having the anchoring-stem 2 and the retaining-j aw 3, the latter beingprovided upon its under side with a series of preferably outwardly-curved teeth 4, designed to take into the hem or other portion of the carpet and engage the same without fear of mutilation.

Pivotally connected to the anchoring-stem 2 by means of the link 5 is the lever 6, which provides a handle for the operator. The lower end of the lever is provided with the placed upon the do not wish to be confined strictly to the exact showing I have made.

Fig. 2 is a perspective detail thereof ends or points 13 and the lateral loop 14,

through which is designed to pass the retaining-bolt 12, thus insuring against the casual displacement of the teeth.

It will be understood that any preferred and suitable material may be employed in constructing my improved carpet-stretching appliance and that various sizes thereof may be adopted to meet the requirements in different cases.

While I have shown the preferred construction to be adopted in producing myimproved carpet-stretching appliance, yet I desire it to be understood that the equivalent of such construction is comprehended by me, and I In the central portion of the front edge of the retaining-jaw 3 I form the recess 15, designed to accommodate or receive the lower 7 end of the operating-lever 6 and the anchoring-points 7. In order that the strength of the jaw 3 may not be impaired, I locate the binding plate or wire 16*, which reaches across the recess 15, occupying the same plane as the front edge of said jaw, while the ends of said plate are bent at right angles and take entirely through said jaw on either side of the anchoring-stem 2, said ends being properly secured by upsetting or a suitable nut therefor.

The operation of my improved carpetstretching appliance may be stated to be as follows: The teeth 4 are caused to engage the edge of the carpet when the points 7 are entered in the floor at a point in advance of the jaw, when by moving the lever from him the operator is enabled to draw the jaw 3 and the carpet with which it is engaged toward said points 7, which position may be, readily maintained by placing the foot upon the anchoring-stem 2, when the points 7 may be disengaged from the floor and a new purchase taken in advance of the jaw and the operation repeated until the carpet is adjacent to the wall or in position to be permanently secured by tacking, when the lower end of the lever, with its anchoring-points 7, is raised and entered in the recess 15 between the end of the stem 2 and the plate 16. After the lower end of the lever is entered in the recess 15 the anchoring-points 7 may be caused by a few blows upon the lever (3 to take into the floor sufliciently to reliably anchor the cross-head in its adjusted position, when the carpet may be permanently secured. By thus providing means for anchoring the device in an adjusted position the operator is enabled to leave the stretching appliance and permanently secure the carpet. After this part of the carpet has been nailed in position the points 7 are withdrawn and the entire device removed to an adjacent section of the carpet to be stretched, when the operation may be repeated. It will therefore be apparent that I have produced a simple though thoroughly reliable device of the character specified which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively small price, and believing that the operation, advantages, and construction of my improved carpet-stretching device have been made fully apparent further reference is dispensed with.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A carpet-stretcher consisting of a stem provided with a cross-head having a carpetengaging jaw carrying removable teeth,means to retain the teeth in place, a recess in the central front edge of the cross-head and a plate extending across the recess, a lever pivoted to the stem having teeth in its end, all combined as set forth.

2. A carpet-stretcher, consisting of a stem provided with a cross-head having a carpetengaging jaw carrying teeth, a recess in its front edge incloscd by a plate, a lever pivoted to the stem having a recess in its outer end, removable teeth in said recess and means to retain them in place, all combined as set forth.

3. The herein-described carpet-stretching appliance consisting of a cross-head having the carpet-engaging jaw and anchoring-stem disposed at right angles thereto, said jaw having the recess in its forward edge and further provided with the reinforcing-plate; an opcrating-lever pivotally secured to said stem and having anchoring-teeth secured to its lower end, and a series of carpet-engaging teeth mounted in said jaw, each tooth having a sharpened engaging point and a laterallycurve'd anehoring-bolt-engaging section, all operatively combined in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PHILIP ARTHER LAXVYER.

\Vitnesses:

\V. N. PINKARD, H. M. I'IUTTON. 

